10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

We might have limited space but we make up for it with a massive amount of biodiversity including well over 900 bird species on the official Costa Rica bird list. The sightings raise several questions. A bit larger than the Netherlands but with less land than Latvia and Ireland, in terms of territory, we rank 126.

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Costa Rica Latvia Albatross Netherlands 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

If you’ve read my posts before you’d know I’ve written at length about the devastating effects of introduced mammals in New Zealand, and also of the ways that New Zealanders have been working to save their species from those same mammals. If the money is raised he will match it to get the work underway.

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Mice New Zealand Albatross Mammals 158

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2012

You’ll need to find yourself an albatross. Gratuitous Black-browed Albatross photo ( Thalassarche melanophrys ) not engaging in dancing Albatrosses are the longest lived of an already long lived order of birds, the petrels, and are in fact among the longest lived of all birds. And that is where the dances come in.

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Albatross Raised Breeding Rights 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. And again, there is great variation amongst different species.

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Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2012

I’ve sea-watched with some very experienced birders whose ability to identify species almost at the edge of visibility has left me questioning my optics, my eyesight, my ability and quite often my sanity. The quality of images used in the species accounts is generally very good.

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North America Albatross America Species 161

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. this species breeds. Here are some U.S.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

For the larger albatrosses and the frigatebirds it is common to take longer and have rest years between attempts. One North American species I am very familiar with is the Cassin’s Auklet , which ranges from the end of the Aleutian Islands to California. The Cassin’s Auklets do something else that is very interesting.

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Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164